p.s. – don’t forget to get your iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry or other mobile phone set up with the GoAruna mobile file manager so you always have your files with you!

GigaOM, the popular technology blog, has put together a great infographic which gathers some recent research and trends for cloud computing. You can see it below.

The trend is that we, as individuals and companies, are increasingly relying on and using services and products that are “in the cloud” or cloud based. One survey by Pew Research asked, “By the year 2020, will we live in the cloud rather than on the desktop (computer)?”

71% of respondents agreed that by 2020 we will mostly live in the cloud, rather than the desktop.

Another trend that is touched upon is the growth and fast pace of expansion of the digital universe. Basically, the trend is that we as individuals and businesses are creating new data at unprecedented rates. There are many reasons for this (which are different for both individuals and business obviously) but all this new data needs to be stored somewhere. The question is where? Who do you and your business trust to keep that data accessible and safe?

We are here to earn your trust and keep your data safe and sound. We have a lot more thoughts on this topic that we will leave for another future post.

In the meantime, here is the cloud computing trends infographic.

We want to make sure you have your files with you all the time,  on your Blackberry.  This means giving you a dedicated GoAruna Files app to do the job.

In the past we have offered a version of GoAruna for Blackberry OS 4.3 – 4.6 and another for 4.7.  These versions of GoAruna, while functional, have not been up to the standard that we expect and deliver in our other apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.  This is due to many reasons but mostly due to the limitations of the lower versions of the Blackberry OS.

While Blackberry OS 5.0 itself is not quite up to the functionality and usability of iPhone OS or Android OS, it is getting better.  With the improvement to the OS by RIM, we are able to in turn offer a better experience and more functionality for GoAruna Files for Blackberry.

The new GoAruna Files for Blackberry 5.0 app has been approved and is now available for download from Blackberry App World.

What does GoAruna Files for Blackberry do? Here are a couple of the main uses:
– Manage and organize your Blackberry local files, documents and media
– Access, send, share and download your files stored in your GoAruna Online Storage account
– View and play all your video and music media
– Browse and view your photos and images
– Upload any of your existing files on your Blackberry to you GoAruna Online storage for safe keeping and to use on other devices and computers

So, if you have a Blackberry with OS 5 or higher, we suggest that you use this new version made especially for v5.0.  You can go and grab it from Blackberry App World!

You can find the detailed Blackberry device requirements, features and additional info on our Blackberry mobile app page.

For those of you that still have an older Blackberry OS, we will soon be releasing the following updated versions of GoAruna for Blackberry:

• - GoAruna Files for Blackberry OS 4.5 – 4.6
• - GoAruna Files for Blackberry OS 4.7

We are working on these older versions now so watch for news here on our blog in the next couple of weeks.

And here are the links you need for the new version available now.

GoAruna Files for Blackberry OS 5 – Download from Blackberry App World

GoAruna Files for Blackberry – Information page

We also have more improvements and features planned for you and GoAruna Files for Blackberry in the coming months, so stay tuned!

Today we have released GoAruna Files for Android v0.5.27 into the Android Marketplace.  This release has the following changes:

GoAruna Files – Android v0.5.27 – Release Notes

1. Inside select multiple files dialogue back button now goes back one level instead of back to normal file listing
2. Add download and share functions to files in the inbox
3. Bug fix. Share folder by SMS was sometime showing an error page
4. Improve logic of crash log reports
5. Improve layout of Send a File screen
6. Make it easier to copy user’s Inbox URL and all shared file URLs
7. Base64 encoding improvement

We hope you like the release.

If you do not have GoAruna Files for Android, it is the best way to store all of your files in the cloud and access, share and manage from the web, destktop and mobile smartphones.  We also have a great iPhone / iTouch version for you Apple fans to manage and access all your files on your iPhone.

If you are not using GoAruna at all yet, go get a free file storage and management account..

And for iPhone / iTouch owners here is the link for GoAruna Files in the Apple iTunes store.